Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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DR. RICHARD D. PIERCE Dean of Emerson College He who knows not and knows he knows not — He is a child — teach him.” Arabian Proverb We believe, Dr. Pierce, that this may be part of your creed. When we entered this college, we were children. Some of us dared to believe that we knew. You taught us we did not ! Some of us tried to show the rest; you showed us all. Some of us knew that we knew not”; you accepted this challenge and directed our energies. In many ways we are still children, for we have much to learn. We do not shrink from this challenge, as our perspective is more clear and our thinking properly channeled. As Socrates said, The unexamined life is not worth living.” Let this be our guide and our goal.

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s. Justus McKinley President of Emerson College He who knows, and knows he knows , — He is wise — follow him.” Arabian Proverb Education is both individual and collective. The life of the student is, at one and the same time, lonely and gregarious. From the moment of birth until the moment of death, one learns and is taught; leads and follows, or more accurately, follows, that the ability to lead may be acquired. This then, is one of the primary goals of the academic institution. We listen, we com- prehend, we question, we assimilate. This is learning, and the attitudes and abilities it inscribes on the individual may be measured in direct ratio to the leadership experienced during the process. In many ways, the ultimate responsibility for this leadership may be attributed to the President of the institution from which it stems. But leadership must have a place to develop. Just as equally, the responsibility for the growth of the physical plant may be laid at the door of that office at 130 Beacon Street. In relation to the Class of 1962, Dr. McKinley has faced and accepted these responsi- bilities with equal success. We do not presume that following a wise man has made us wise, or that we know. We have grown as the college has grown. Let us now prove ourselves worthy.

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MRS. RUTH SOUTHWICK MAXFIELD Counsellor of Women If you have a task to be done, give it to a busy person.” An instructor is many personed, with many and varied problems. But add to the duties of the classroom, the care of the academic and social problems of some six hundred Emerson students, and life can become complicated. Many of these duties can be delegated, but responsibility does not end there. Then exists the duty to see the delegated work carried but with a kind word and a smile. A kind word and a smile — this is the manner of Mrs. Maxfield and Mr. Nickerson. The Class of 1962 has come to recognize and value the strength of their character and ability. 12